Nursing bottle support



pil 30, 1946. l D, BROSE ETAL 2,399,320

NURS ING BOTTLE SUPPORT Filed NOV. 28. 1944 Patented Apr. 30, 1946NURSING BOTTLE SUPPORT Lazetta D. Brose and Horace B. Brose, Chicago,Ill.

Application November 28, 1944, Serial No. 565,468

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a suspension support whereby to suspend anursing bottle, nipple end downward, in convenient feeding position foran infant. For its objects We aim to provide a device of the characternoted which is inexpensive, facile in application, readily washable, andeasily manipulatable for its intended purpose. These and other objectswill further appear from the description to follow.

A suggestive embodiment of our invention is set forth in theaccompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective (partlybroken away) of a crib from two upper rails whereof the present bottlesupport is shown as suspended in operative position;

Fig. 2 is a detail in perspective showing the normal off-verticaldepending position of the bottle;

Fig. 3, which is a transverse section through two of the crib siderails, shows in elevation the bottle support suspended therebetween;

Fig. 4 is a detail in section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; `and v Fig. 5is a top plan view of the support as it appears when disconnected.

The present bottle support, when in use, is adapted to be suspended asfrom two of the top rails R of a crib having the usual mattress Mwhereon a babe may lie. The support comprises a hanger body l0 which maybe in the form of a truncated triangle having its base uppermost, asuitable binding being applied around the hanger edges to furnish properreinforcement. To each uppermost corner we affix a pair of ties Ilforming a suspension means which is adapted to be passed around one ofthe crib rails R for securement thereto. The ends of the ties may befastened together in any appropriate manner. The hanger, when suspended,is maintained in a distended flat condition.

The hanger may obviously be suspended at different elevations dependingupon the amount of slack in the suspension ties. To one side of thehanger may be afiixed conveniently a tapered pocket, open at oppositeends, the bottom end being smallest. This pocket, as shown, is providedby a ap I2 sewed along its opposite edges i4 and I5 to one of the planefaces of the hanger. The size of the pocket thus provided is such as toaccommodate a nursing bottle B, usually of cylindrical cross-section,the pocket being reduced suiiiciently in size near its lower end toengage the shoulder of the bottle (when inverted) so as to sustain thebottle in place with its nipple n depending below the hanger.

The flap pocket is formed on one plane face of the hanger so that thecontained bottle will lie off-vertical at an angle about as representedin Figs. 2 and 4. In use, the hanger will be so positioned that thepocket side is farthest removed from the head of the infant to be fed;when so suspended, and at a point which is about opposite the neck ofthe infant, the bottle will normally incline toward his mouth. It isdesirable that the height and place of suspension be such that thebottle nipple may readily Vbe brought to position within the mouth ofthe infant, particularly if the ends of the hanger, which constitutewings, be grasped to tilt the bottle further for this purpose. Withlittle or no effort at all, the bottle may then be maintained inoperative feeding position; later, when feeding is finished and thenipple is disengaged, the bottle Will tend to swing away from the babysface so as not to interfere with turning of his head or with going tosleep. It therefore follows that the bottle will automatically removeitself out of the way at the conclusion of each feeding operation.

The support of our invention, which in practice has performed mostsatisfactorily, may be produced at very small expense. When placing thebottle in the pocket, it may be found expedient to invert the hanger sothat the bottle, nipple end up, may be inserted into the pocket frombelow; thereafter, if the hanger be turned over to its normal suspensionposition, there will be little or no likelihood of spilling of itscontents out through the nipple end. The entire support may convenientlybe formed of suitable fabric materials which are readily washable andwhich, being flexible, may be folded and placed away when not needed.

We claim:

1. A nursing bottle support including a flexible hanger, suspensionmeans adapted to distend the hanger, and a bottle-retainer comprising alength of exible material affixed at opposite sides thereof to thehanger along generally straight lines closer together than the width ofsaid material between said lines to form a pocket, said pocket beingopen at its top and bottom to the extent of the total length of goodsbetween said lines at the top and bottom respectively, the opening atthe bottom being slightly too small for the passing of a conventionalnursing bottle therethrough but large enough to facilitateavoidinglcontact of the nipple with the support during insertion of thebottle into the pocket.

2. A nursing bottle support including a iiexible hanger body, and abottle-retainer comprising alength of flexible material aixed atopposite sides thereof to the hanger body along generally straight linescloser together than the width of said material between said lines toform a pocket, and suspension ties secured to the hanger body only nearthe top thereof, said pocket cooperating with said tapes, when the tiesare stretched out, to cause a bottle in the pocket to hang in a. slopingposition.

LAZE'I'IA D. BROSE. HORACE B. BROSE.

